Paul Elden Kingston

Paul Elden Kingston (born 17 December 1959) is an accountant and attorney who has served as the Trustee-in-Trust of the Davis County Cooperative Society (DCCS), a Mormon fundamentalist denomination,[1][2] since 1987.

For more than a decade, the group has publicly spoken out against child-bride marriages and the DCCS has a policy encouraging its members to marry within the legal age of consent.

[6][7][8][9] Members generally seek the blessing of parents and religious leaders before choosing to marry.

[10] Records show he signed as a witness on 4 lawful teenage marriages over a 20 year period.

[10] He is believed to have practiced polygamy in the past, potentially accruing as many as 40 wives and fathering up to 300 children.